Gray Dogwood

$15.00

Bundle of 10 | Size: 12-18” | Age: 1-0

Gray Dogwood - (Cornus racemosa)

Native to MI. Mature Height: 8-20’. Best grown in evenly moist to wet, rich, loamy soils in full sun. Will adapt to a variety of soil types including sand and clay. Tolerant of some light shade. Grows in marshes, swales, swamps, peatlands, bottomland forests and the banks of waterways. White flowers spring to early summer.

Bundle of 10 | Size: 12-18” | Age: 1-0

Gray Dogwood - (Cornus racemosa)

Native to MI. Mature Height: 8-20’. Best grown in evenly moist to wet, rich, loamy soils in full sun. Will adapt to a variety of soil types including sand and clay. Tolerant of some light shade. Grows in marshes, swales, swamps, peatlands, bottomland forests and the banks of waterways. White flowers spring to early summer.

Flower Color: White/green

Fruit: White on red stem

Bloom Time: May-July

Type: Shrub

Range: ME to Ont. & Man., s. to SC & AR

Typical Mature Height: 6-16 ft.

Light Requirement: Sun, shade, part shade

Soils: Moist

Uses: Will adapt to drier sites. Used in erosion control and for wildlife habitat. Resistant to most diseases, insects and physiological problems.

Wildlife Value: Fruit eaten by birds and other wildlife. Used by many bird species including Northern Cardinal, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, and Eastern Bluebird. Also attracts multiple butterfly species, serving as larval host for Spring Azure

Habitat: Thickets; river bank woods; wet to dry, low, open areas. Gray dogwood is a thicket-forming, deciduous shrub with greenish-white blossoms in open, terminal clusters. Young twigs are reddish and the fruit pedicels remain conspicuously red into late fall and early winter.